Car truck



J. A. FELCHER OAR TRUCK Oct. 6, 1925.,

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CAR TRUCK Original Filed Feb, 11, 1921 2 sheets -fiheet 2 INVENTOR A PILCHER ATTQRNEY of Virginia,

' means :tor' supporting the car body, and

' upon the four supporting points,

55 that :the present invention is tion,

Patented Oct. 6,;1925.

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Continuation of application Serial'No.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN A. PILoHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Roanoke, in the county of Roanoke and State have invented certain new and useful Improvenuants in Car Trucks, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to car trucks and has among its objects to provide improxed or distributing the superimposed car body loads among the various wheels of the trucks. In the usual truck construction the load from the car body isapp'lied to each of two trucks at a single point, called the center plate.

'lhe weights upon 'these center plates are notsu'bject to change due to warping of the car body incrossing uneven tracks. But by supporting the load, as in the present invention, at two points upon each truck, one

over or near each side frame member, much materialicanwbe saved 'in both the car body and tlieztruck, and first cost greatly reduced, as well reducing the continued operating 25 costs. But the problem of unequal loading becomes important when a car body is supported at four points instead of two, for as thelcar passes over unequal track there is a tendency :not only to change the loading :but also to produce .changes in wheel loading within each ofthe trucks.

*Itis-to'provide means for overcoming both ofthese difficulties in such a car and'trucks directed and it is particularly intended for use in connection with cars having-twelve or more wheels.

With the foregoing general objects in view th'e 'invention consists-of the formacOmb'inatiOn- I and arrangement 10f parts as set :forth particularly in the appended claimsythe. various elements being co-ordinated: to produce improvements generally in this art. The present application isa icontimiation in part of my .coepending application, Serial No. 4 i4-,-1 68-, filed Febr ary .11., 1921; i

In-the drawings, Fig. l is a plan ViQV ost a six wheel truck,.con'structed in accordance '50 with the principles of the present-invention.

2 is a side elevational view of the same. Figure 3 is Ea transverse vertical section taken through :the center of the truck and showingthe manner of supporting the Figure ends of'thecar body upon (the 1 6 5. St-lIllQ- inountediin pairs upon the axles 2.

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ture. This section is taken one plane approximately co-incident with the line 3'3 of Figure 1. Figure 4: is a fragmentary-seet onal view showing in enlargedscale a portion of the car body at the same point as .shown in Figure 3. Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view of a, portion .of the-oar body over the truck, the section being taken i on the .llIlB .5-5 of Figure 4:. Figure. 6 ,is a fragmentary vertical sectional .view. of a .preferred form of trunnion and coeoperating truck ,member for the. point of articulation :of the. truck, taken substantially on :the same plane as the trunnion illustrated inF-ig ure :3.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary plan view 'ofthe truck member at the point .of articulation of .which Figure 6 is the vertical section.,. This the truck member tor the point iofarticulation ofithe truck and is :an enlarged viewoi the construction shown in Figure 3.

Referring to these drawings, which show one embodiment of the invention, .the .truck has six wheels indicated by the numeral 1, The axles are-journaled in the usual oil boxes 3, which are secured to the side frame members 4: and!) by means of the bolts 6 and bog; .tie bars 7 and (8., The side framesare outside of the wheels,- thereby making-the distance fromthe side .of the car into the sideframes This, is of importance in ,tllePlGSnbmGilllOdtQf supporting and carry- ,ing the car body inasmuchas the moments in. the body ibolsteraof thercar are propertionally reduced. It will be noted that each s e et-theframe sectioneearriesone end oil box and 1 one 'middle' oil box, the \other drains section 5 :carries the other end :oil box. The two irame: sections-are hinged-toge her for vertical mWemQ ltat 9,-immediately overthe 'mi dleoil ibexes. .Ihe rfr mesecti ns a the two. d s of, he-tEuQk-are simi: ar, -in these respects. I

Eac oi the t ur firameisectipns h sthe ustomary bolsterwindow opening 10. with iloadvearryingsprings 11 positioned within .thisopening and .supported directly .upon the sid vt ame sections. The spri gs are so located along the frame sections as to ,put an equal loaduponeach oil box on a side .of th tram whe equ l lmds are applied to the two Figure 8 is .a. ,-sectional "VlBW of another formof the'trunnion and groups;' of; jsprings.;-"a1ong:thatj side of the t k w" A. i ma .1 #2. 'H.

Resting upon the top of the springs-l1 and window openings 10 in the side frame sections are the spring caps 12 which alsotsenve;

with certain later described cross members, as guides; or means for holding -'theside frames in correct positions both laterally and" longitudinally of the truck and 91; taking fca're'ofthe laterahand longitiidinal force's:

Thelead'of the-"carbody isiappli'e'd tolthe 'spring lcaps lm by master thet'central equ'alizen-beams 13: There is one] of these equalizers on'each side o'fthe truck, extending" from one'spring cap td the other on the same side of the truck: Each of thefequ'al- 'izer's 13 is preferably cast in-gt single piece, but is 'bifurcat'edfat its endsg a's at 14, to provide a space'for'the upperffportioii'bf the side framesections 4 and'5 and permits vertical movement of these equalizers upori'the spring. 11. f The equalizers are i connect ed above the'intei'val t'hat ispio vided forth'e v seats for the sameupon theequalizers ar fside frame, between the side portions" 36 0f the equalizergithe space being only sufficient for the necessary clearances." The equalizers rest upon the spring sepsis and the endsfo'f ,the same are, 'providedifiith pierced' flanges 15 and 16 so that the equalizer may be rigidly attached a)" the I spring'caps as by means of the' rivets 171 It 'wi'll thus be' seen that the load isnll' carrie'dbn line I with "the side frames of theft l'ck; none of it being applied at the' center."-"- T "Thefour spring eaps 12 of each truek'are joined together-land held-in constant relationship. transversely and jlongitudinally of thetrnck by means of a frame workbf struc- 'tural steel, consisting of a pair of transverse crossmembe'rs 18, and a pair of ix-members 19; these t'o etherwith the central pivot casting QOcQnstiti ting 1a frame of platform construction. The' X membe'rs are joined togetherja'tthe cente'rof the truck bymeans of the pivot casting 20,-this -'1'a'tter having 'a vertical opening 2 1 for cooperation with 3 trtiinn'ien 122' whieh, depends from the" car fwr; m tl' r t' .7 :"w l Irwin-fps iiiide'r'steod 'thatfthe" center cast- 20;'or3fl;itbgetherwitlr the frame work, does n r-racemes vertical lead-ofthe b'ody at the center iof the tru k: trunni n-er provided and arranged 'f r swivel- 1g and guiding qmrpbsesan te -hold th truckand body t'o'gether"against horizontal displacement. The lateral forces from'f'the f fare' 'ti'ailemitted to thel trlick largely through these inember's,"h owever, and all the forces from impact of cars'and thejretarding forces from' brake applications are transmitted through the same. Hence laterally and longitudinally this frame work that connects th springcans. andthat'carriesthe center pivot, is made exceedingly stiff and rigid.

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Yertically;- however, .jit} 'is desired :that th wheels may have practically unrestricte movement with respect to each other so as t guided for vertical sliding;.m0vement; 1 n t]:1 e .,follow any conditions of track surface with out change of wheel loads, and without hin drance from the frame work, therefore thi frame work is made exceedingly flexible ver tically. By this-construction it is allowed-t warp-itself with practically no change in th loads upon the group of springs 11, and als without setting "up disastrous stresses-in th various members of the framework. I

The car body load'is applied to'the equal izer beams 13 at the centerof the latter'ani directly over the side'f-rames of the truck b;

substantially horizontal while the top sur faces of the rockers and the seats for 'th same upon the carbody are inclined: By thi means the necessary swivelingYaction ofth truck beneath the car body is obtained, an at'the sametime all the spreading actio from the'conical rollers are kept out of th truck and are restricted to the car body where they are more easily taken care 0:

The rockers are held against spreading a( tion by means of the transverse tie rod whic connects the rockers on each side of th truck. This ticrod is indicated by 27 i In addition to'the 'tieroc' incasc of the'breakage of the same the uppe end of the rockers 2-1 is recessed in the'bod member casting 29 and retained against la1 eral displacement by the downwardly e1 tending'walls 4:8 and 44 of the body rocke seat casting, in conjunction with'theflange 26 of the rocker which overlie the sides of th equalizers. The car body rests upon the to surface of the two rockers124: of each .trucl thereby being supported at four points. Th ordinary' open" top car has enough torsione flexibility to admit bfits being supported 2 four points, I and the body Lwill warp itsel enough toiprevent any' disastrous changes 1 load upon "the rockersx special manner for use with this method c load carrying. In the absence of a cente bearing plate; the body bolster '28 may l 'm'ade' of less strength and weight than castings 29 are secured to the bolster 28 immediately over the rockers and these transmit the loads from the bolster to the rockers, steel bearing plates 37 being applied between the castings and the rockers. The bolster 28 is securely attached to the car sides and additionally 'reinforced as by the gusset 34. Holes 31 are cut in the car sides at the ends of the bolsters 28 and through these the rocker tie rods 27 may be passed. The tie rods 27 also pass through the openings 38 formed in the downwardly extending wall 43 of the casting 29. By this means the tie rods together with the rockers will be lifted with the car body when untrucking.

The body rocker seat cast-ing 29 is provided with downwardly extending walls 45 on each side of the seat for the rocker 24c.

These walls limit the movement of the rocker across the seat, preventing displacement from its proper position longitudinally the car. The rocker 2a is provided with down wardly extending lugs or flanges 26 which engage recesses 46 on each side of the equalizer 13 at the center of rocker seat- 25, these engaging lugs prevent the displacement of the rocker from the proper position on the seat at the lower end longitudinally the equalizer.

The car has the customary center sills 32 which receive the draft forces. The casting 33, which carries the body trunnion 22, is

secured between the center channels I have thus provided an improved method of carrying the weight of a car in a satisfactory manner and have provided a truck and car body arrangement of lower first cost, less weight, and greater economy of operation. The load from the car sides is not carried in to the usual centerplate by the body bolster and then back to the side frames of the truck by means of a truck bolster, but is transferred from the body of the car to the truck side frames directly on line with the latter. By eliminating many of the customary load-carrying parts and reducing the size of others, the construct-ion is greatly simplified and more of the space about the truck is made available for such accessories as the brakes.

Having thus described a preferred embodiment of my invention, what I claim is:

1. In car construction, a car body, a supporting truck, and rockers interposed between the body and the center of the truck at opposite sides thereof through which all of the load of the car body is transferred to the truck, the said rockers being of conical form and arranged with the truck bearing faces thereof horizontal and the body bearing faces inclined.

2. In car construction, a car body, a supporting truck, rockers interposed between the car body and the center of the truck at opposite sides thereof through which all of the load of the car body is transferred to the truck, the said rockers being of conical form and arranged with the truck bearing faces thereof horizontal and the body bearing faces inclined, and a tension rod connecting the rockers.

3. In car construction, a car body, a. supporting truck, rockers interposed between the body and the center of the truck at opposite sides thereof through which all of the load of the car body is transferred to the truck, the said rockers being of conical form and arranged with the truck bearing faces thereof horizontal and the body bearing faces inclined, and a tension rod connecting the rockers, and means carried by the car body for the attachment thereto of the said tension rod.

4. In car construction, a car body, a supporting truck, rockers interposed between the body and the truck, the same being conical of form and arranged with the bearing faces inclined with respect to each other, the body rocker seat members being provided with. downwardly extending walls at the inner and outer sides of the upper end of the rockers transversely the car, and the rockers being provided with downwardly extending flanges engaging the inner and outer sides of the truck rocker seat members.

5. In car construction, a car body, a supporting truck, rockers interposed between the body and the truck, the body rocker seat members being provided with downwardly extending walls at each side of the upper end of the rockers, longitudinally the car, and the rockers being provided with downwardly extending flanges co-operating with. recesses inthe inner and outer sides of the truck rocker seat member.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN A. PILCHER. 

